Refrigerator



March 19, 1929. J. E. GLOEKLER AW mm I Patented 19 1.105914 PATENT OFFICE.

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Application llled m 13,

of the refrigerator body and its food etc.;

containing compartments, and embodying 10 certain features providing for closure, ac-

cess, moisture collection, etc. as hereinafter more fully set forth. 1L 1 I Referring to the drawing showing one preferred embodiment of'the invention: Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of a portion of a refrigerator, embodying the invention' p 2 isa horizontal section on the line II II,of-Fig. 1;". i 3 is a vertical cross section on the line III, III, of Fig. 2; I Fig. 4 is a'vertical section'on the line IV, "IV,of Fig.1;

.- Fig. 5 is a detailfviewc in perspective of ,the removable cover lid of the'front. wall of the refrigerating chamber.

"In the drawing, 2 is one of the outer side walls, 3 the back wall, and 4athe'top of a standard refri type. In em constructions one or more preserving or food containing compartments 5 are provided, usually with supporting racks 6' for placement of articles, within the refrigerating zone of a temperature-reducing or air refrigerating chamber A.

In. the-present construction chamber A is isolated from such chamber at the upper portion of the construction by a sheet metal partition 7 extending from the back wall 3 for-. wardly Lnetal, forming the front wall of the cham- Side wall or partition 7 extends upwardl to within-a short distance of the top 4 with an intervening space 9 for inward circulation of high temperature air from the top of adjacent chamber-ate refri erator unit chamber A. 1 The bottom of sai chamber is closed by a drip pan 10, which extends from the back wall 3 to the front closing wall plate 8 and frompartition 7 towards the opposite side wall 2. i

The drip. pan however extends only partially across the bottom of chamber A, leaving a space 11 fordownward circulatlon of invention refers to improvements in erator, ofthe usual insulated wall: 8, as in to a front partition plate 8 of sheet ,cated in dotted lines in Fi 2, are 0 n,

1926. Serial in. 122,093.

cold or low temperature air in its progress towards the lower food com artment;

Pan 10 is loosely supporte on rear angle bracket 12 of the rear 'wall and a similar bracket or flange 13 at the bottom of front wall 8, providing for easy removal and placement from underneath.

A refrigerating unit a, which is of any suitable or usual type for absorption of heat units fromthe air, is located about the middle of chamber A and in the path of the air currents coming inwardly through opening 9 and passing outwardly throughopennit w is supported within the chamber cavity by means of suitable straps or hangers 14 from the top 4 or otherwise as preferred. -Therefrigerating unit of the construction shown is provided with one or more ice cake holding drawers or pans 15, inserted in- Wardly and removable outwardly from the interior of the unit, as is well understood. For the purpose of access to the unit and for manipulation of such pans, the front wall 8 .is provided 'with a rectangular opening of ample size to allow for passage of the ans therethrough. The 0 ening is close by a cover plate16 removab y mounted by an upper terminal lip 17 engagin the upturned suppprting edge 18 of the ront -Plate 16 is pr%vided with asmall finger hole opening. 19 by which it may be lifted off and replaced, the hole being of such reduced size as to prevent any material circulation therethrough.

' As thus constructed, the front wall 8 and its cover plate completely isolate the refrigerating chamber A from the front, so that when the main door or doors 20, indithere will beno exposure 0 the cham er. It is therefore continuously maintained in a comparatively isolated protected condition 'at'all times. I

.time to time by merely reachin in beneath the lower edge of the front wal 8. Its location insures the prevention of any moisture from falling downwardly to the lower compartment, while also providing a circulatio'nobstruction, and msurin diagonal circulation of the air downward y through chamber A, as indicated in Fig. 3.

tosuitt It will be understood that the detail construction of the main refrigerator casingis of any preferred or standard type, as to insulating walls etc., and that the incorporation of the refrigerating chamber and its features is independent of any particular or special location, arrangement or connection.

It ma be of various sizes and dimensions lie main refrigerator bod and may be changed or varied in its detail construction by the skilled mechanic or builder to adapt it to existing conditions of construction 'or use.

The invention provides a simple, convenient, and advantageous feature in connection'with refrigeration of the modern kind, and is economical in operation and extremely eflicient.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a refrigerating chamber having surrounding back, side, top, and bottom walls, with a vertical. sheet metal partition extending forwardly from the back wall with its upper edge spaced below the I top wall, and a removably mounted transverse drip pan extending from the lower inner bottom portion of said partition towards the side wall with an intervening space thereby providing upper and lower diagonally located air circulation openings,. and a refrigerating unit suspended in said' chamber having removable ice containing holders; of a front wall of the full depth of said partition extending therefrom to .the side wall provided with an opening for access to said chamber, and an outer removable covering plate therefor having a finger open- 1n The combination with a refrigerating chamber having surrounding back, side, top, and bottom walls, with a vertical sheet metal partition extending forwardly from the back wall with its upper edge spaced below the top wall, and a removably mounted transverse drip pan extending from thelower inner bottom portion-of said parti tion towards the side wall with an interven ing space thereby providing upper and lower diagonally located air circulation openings,

- ing having at its top a downwardly turned supportingedge and a finger opening.

3. The combination with a refrigerating chamber having surrounding back, side, top and bottom walls, with a vertical sheet metal partition extending forwardly from the back wall with its upper edge spaced below the top wall, and a removably mounted transverse drip pan extending from the lower inner bottom portion of said partition towards the side wall with an intervening space, thereby providing upper and lower diagonally located air circulation openings, and a refrigerating unit suspended in said chamber; of a front wall of the full depth of said partition extending therefrom to the side wall provided with an opening for access to said chamber, and an outer removable covering plate.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

JOHN EDWARD GLOEKLER. 

